100-year-old house burning (don't panic it was on purpose)π₯
Added 2025-03-30 16:05:13 +0000 UTCAs promised, here are some pictures of the house burning. Video coming soon! My father-in-law's old house in the country. The house was uninhabitable. It was just way too old. Everything was falling apart, mold, etc (hill house vibes). He spent the last year building a new house right next to it (that's where we're filming from)..I assumed it was just going to be a regular burning. But the town fire department actually used the house to train new recruits. They would light up sections of the building in a controlled fashion and then send a group of three or four firemen to put it out. It was crazy fun to watch.
We all woke up at 7:30 and were ready to watch. Everyone had breakfast, coffee, and snacks ready. They did their exercise for about 2 hours. And then set the whole house on fire, but use water to control the flame. Seeing them tame the fire was so fun while still letting it consume the house. That shit was a blast. Some friends even flew into town to come watch. I mean, how often do you see a house burn on purpose. It was so cool. Obviously there were some emotions, generations lived in that house. So many memories from Val and her family.
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Franklin
2025-04-05 13:59:05 +0000 UTCVery emotional as well. My mother-in-law was crying the whole time. Her husband (the stoic, hide-all-my-emotions type) pretended everything was cool and it was just another house, but we could all see it in his face. It took my wife for a day for it to really hit, she was a crying mess when we got home the next day. So many good memories
Franklin
2025-04-05 13:58:21 +0000 UTCI can only imagine how emotional this was for themβ¦ a house is rarely ever just a house. It couldnβt have been an easy choice to make, even if it wasnβt ever going to be habitable again. Itβs pretty cool that this was planned and that everyone got to say goodbye to it together, and even cooler that the process was made useful thru the training exercise. Idk how often most FDβs have an opportunity to do something like this, so it seems like an invaluable tool for a job that presents so few circumstances for any practical training before being thrown into really dangerous, life or death situations. Thank you for sharing the photos and a little bts of the experience. I hope the new home brings just as many breezy days and cozy nights full of love and family as the old one didπ
KLa RenΓ©e
2025-04-03 07:16:49 +0000 UTCBlessings to the hundred years of love, laughter, tears, struggles, and everything in between that created 100 years of space for family to be able to grow expand and prosper. Blessings To all those spirits that found refuge within the walls of Woods now beautiful memory.
Laura Thate
2025-03-31 02:35:52 +0000 UTC
